Supply Chain Management

If your operation is desperately looking for supply chain management tools, the process can be quite intimidating. There is a veritable ocean of possible solutions to choose from in today’s market. No one ever said having options was a bad thing, but too many options can make finding the perfect solution tougher than it needs to be.

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As Amazon continues to raise the bar, the margin of error within supply chain management gets thinner and thinner. A simple mistake could easily cost your business thousands of dollars and allow your competitors to get ahead. But thanks to supply chain management software, it’s never been easier for companies to avoid such pitfalls. Supply chain management tools and techniques make it possible for users to reduce errors and costs while optimizing the entire supply chain. Here are 13 different types of supply chain management tools that make these SCM software packages valuable to companies:

SCM (supply chain management) software integration is on the rise, and companies of all shapes and sizes are leveraging these powerful solutions to increase efficiency. Luckily, you’ve come to the right place to learn how SCM software can take your supply chain to the next level. We’ve gathered some helpful supply chain management features and requirements below that will help inform your supply chain management scope of work before choosing a perfect solution.

Cloud-based supply chain software and applications are revolutionizing supply chain management today, scaling operations from small businesses to complex enterprises. Cloud supply chain software solutions are showing significant increases in implementation — so much so that not having one in place makes you an outlier.

We all know the feeling: finding a product on Amazon (or looking at your favorite brick-and-mortar) only to see it’s unavailable or out of stock. It’s a common problem for consumers, yes, but an even larger issue when it comes to supply chain management software. The answer? Demand planning software tools.

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Supply chains are awesome. At least, they are when they’re running efficiently. Managing your supply chain well reaps plenty of rewards, but it can also be one of the more complex aspects of your business to oversee. Enter SCM software integration.

There’s a myriad of things that can go wrong in the time from a customer’s purchase, throughout shipping, and to eventual delivery. Even the slightest human error, like the wrong letter or number on an order, could disrupt the entire process and put the company’s reputation at stake. But shockingly, many businesses haven’t automated the process with order fulfillment software solutions. According to the Small Business Report by Wasp Barcode, 21 percent of companies use a spreadsheet program for tracking inventory, 18 percent do it manually with pen and paper, and a brazen eight percent don’t do it at all. That’s astounding, especially when you consider all the possibilities available with today’s SCM software.

With 2019 around the corner, we looked to the experts for their thoughts on the future of supply chain management trends that we may see in the new year. Between robots, the ever-growing cloud, capacity crunch, security and more, we’ve gathered a lot of interesting topics to discuss. Here are five SCM software trends for 2019:

High-performance supply chains are the lifeblood of any company’s operations, and the cornerstone of strong customer relationships. Supply chains that excel at execution successfully orchestrate supply chain management (SCM), inventory management and warehouse management (WMS) systems to fulfill strategic goals. Both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) customers now expect real-time responsiveness through any of the selling channels they choose to purchase through. By using SCM systems as the foundation to unify inventory management and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), more companies can deliver real-time responsiveness and excellent experiences to their customers, through any channel, any time.

A good SCM software solution is imperative to a smooth manufacturing and distribution process. This is especially true for mid-sized businesses trying to stay competitive in today’s market while also looking for chances to grow their supply chain.

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JDA’s Supply Chain Now and Infor Supply Chain Management are two solutions that are often considered by SMBs, but what makes them different? Where do their abilities overlap? As you surely know by now, it’s exceedingly important to make sure the system you choose fulfills your requirements. That’s why we created a detailed comparison of JDA vs Infor, so you can decide with confidence which system is best for you.

Today’s supply chains are massive, with the U.S. supply chain providing 37 percent of the entire nation’s jobs. In order to oversee these sizable operations, companies are turning to supply chain management software. This type of software allows companies to much more effectively source raw materials and control product cycles, automating error-prone processes and centralizing data for decision making.

It’s hard to imagine an effective supply chain management solution that doesn’t rely on EDI or API. They both allow you to quickly and securely exchange data from system to system, which is a huge part of the supply chain management process.

Wouldn’t managing your supply chain be easier if you could just use a magnifying glass to view everything you needed? As we’re sure you’re aware, however, that’s not exactly the case. Achieving full supply chain visibility into each process is difficult, if not impossible, without the proper systems in place. These systems could involve manually recording everything, but frankly, that’s way more work than it’s worth. Using software makes supply chain visibility a whole lot simpler.

Making sure a complex system such as supply chain management runs smoothly is a difficult process. It involves multiple organizations, each of which have their own objectives and practices. Tracking shipments and monitoring inventory levels are just a few of the key aspects that need to be closely followed in order to ensure that orders are handled effectively.

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It seems like all anybody talks about these days is how to optimize this while making that more efficient. The word “optimization” has become one of the prominent — and, frankly, overused — buzzwords of the last few years. That said, there’s no escaping it. No matter how overused it is, it remains an important aspect of today’s business. And nowhere is it more important than in supply chain optimization.

You may have heard rumors going around of something that many people once thought was just a myth. You’ve probably heard stories that people tell each other over a campfire, but never actually seen it in person. But we’re here to tell you that what you heard is no mere rumor or myth; it’s real. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, real-time demand forecasting is a thing.

We all know about the benefits of making friends. Taking the time to cultivate positive relationships with others is a good way to enrich your own life. This applies to businesses too, because strong bonds lead to preferential treatment. When suppliers enjoy working with a company, they’re more likely to give them the best deals.

The progression from a series of integrated applications that support relatively simple supply chain processes and workflows to technology stacks designed to scale across global operations is accelerating. Application and infrastructure middleware and platform providers now have software designed just for streamlining the creation and fine-tuning of supply chain technology stacks. IoT spending is predicted to accelerate mainly as a result of supply chain technology stacks, as is the proliferation of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

If you’re not familiar with the name Elon Musk, you will be soon. This wildly ambitious, deliciously eccentric billionaire is the real-life Tony Stark of the tech world. Not only is he determined to be the first to put mankind on Mars, but he’s also suggested linking human brains to computers, building a “speed of sound” transportation system, and producing reusable space rockets.